Traditional African Bonesetters and Western Medical Practitioners: Fractured Patient Care Systems in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Zimbabwe
Publishing Details
Traditional African Bonesetters and Western Medical Practitioners: Fractured Patient Care Systems in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana and Zimbabwe
By (Author) Roxane Richter
By (author) Thomas Max Flowers
By (author) Elias Kifon Bongmba
By (author) Ananya Kassahun Admasu
Anthem Press
Anthem Press
3rd February 2026
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Interdisciplinary studies
Society and culture: general
Physical Properties
200
Width 153mm, Height 229mm, Spine 21mm
454g
Author Bio
Roxane Richter is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology & Population Health at the School of Public Health, University of Louisville. She has been distinguished as a Fulbright Specialist in Medical Mass Casualty Planning & Response (Ghana), U.S. Embassy Ambassador Distinguished Scholar (University of Gondar, Ethiopia), and a Fulbright-Fogarty NIH Postdoctoral Global Health Fellow (Sub-Saharan Africa).
is a certified emergency physician with the American Board of Emergency Medicine since 1992. He currently practices Emergency Medicine at Commonwealth Health Care Corporation public hospital in Saipan, CNMI.
is a Professor of African Religious Studies at Rice University in Houston, Texas; Harry & Hazel Chavanne Chair in Christian Theology; Professor of Religion, Faculty Assoc.
is an Assistant professor in Orthopedics, FCS(Ortho) ECSA. Dr. Admasu is an Assistant Professor in Orthopedics Lecturer, Orthopedic and Trauma Consultant College of Medicine and Health Sciences at the University of Gondar, Ethiopia.
